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In our latest “brief anthology” we survey the space between love and loss—a well-traveled but still weirdly uncharted place that we humans fill with stories magical and strange.

The title story, “Don’t Lose This,” is a classic from The Fabulist’s archives, dating back to 2014; it’s a wonderful, bittersweet yarn that for us exemplifies fantastical literature as a vehicle for exploring the human condition. Look to our Patreon page for a thoughtful, wide-ranging interview with the author, Noah Sanders.

John Mosbaugh, the author of “Let’s Do Earth,” is one of those wildly searching souls who makes art a real, lived experience. An artist, writer, and creator of freaked-out animatronic monstrosities, John’s contribution to this anthology is a brief, breathless moment of risk, lunchtime banter, lifelong love, and the hunger to be, regardless of the perilous twists and turns along the way …

Ann Calandro, an accomplished visual artist, brings a vivid, impressionistic sensibility to “Sisters.” It’s the tale of siblings connecting after lifetimes apart; as the story progresses, their morphing circumstances gradually reveal what’s really going on.

Letting go, holding on … stories keep us human through all these great transitions. Time to turn the page.